TIGERS 19, RANGERS 6

Jacque Jones also homered as the potent Tigers posted their highest run total this season and handed Texas its sixth straight loss.

The Tigers led 7-6 going into the sixth, when they had their biggest inning since scoring 11 in the sixth inning on April 23, 2004, against the Cleveland Indians.

After Ivan Rodriguez sacrificed two runners over, Guillen hit a two-run double. Then, following a walk to Magglio Ordonez, Jamey Wright gave up Cabrera's three-run homer to make it 12-6.

Wes Littleton relieved and gave up the final six runs in the innings, hitting Ramon Santiago with the bases loaded for his first run. Curtis Granderson doubled in two more, Rodriguez hit a run-scoring double, Guillen had a sacrifice fly and Ordonez singled in the final run of the inning.

Clay Rapada (2-0) pitched 1 2-3 perfect innings in relief, striking out two.

Frank Francisco (0-1) allowed two runs in 2 1-3 innings of relief. Rangers' pitchers walked 10 and hit two batters.

Both starters were ineffective.

The Tigers' Kenny Rogers allowed six runs and nine hits in 31/3 innings. Texas' Luis Mendoza didn't make it out of the second, giving up five runs - two earned - and five hits in 12/3 innings.

Texas 230 100 000–6 11 1

Detroit 051 10(11) 10x–19 14 1

Texas AB   R   H   BI   Avg.      Detroit AB   R   H   BI   Avg.   

Kinsler 2b 4   2   2   2   .278      Granderson cf 4   3   2   2   .500   

MiYoung ss 2   1   2   1   .276      IRodriguez c 4   1   2   2   .269   

a-RVzquz ph-ss 2   0   0   0   .176      CGuillen 1b 4   1   3   5   .338   

Hamilton cf 2   0   1   1   .310      Ordonez rf 3   1   1   2   .272   

b-Br'ssrd ph-1b 2   0   0   0   .169      Thames rf 1   0   0   0   .167   

Bradley dh 3   0   1   0   .329      MiCabrera dh 5   2   1   3   .263   

c-C'tlntto ph-dh 1   0   1   0   .264      JJones lf 5   3   2   1   .226   

Blalock 3b 4   0   0   0   .295      Renteria ss 4   2   2   0   .341   

Melhuse 3b 0   0   0   0   .250      Raburn 2b 0   1   0   0   .250   

Botts 1b-lf 4   0   0   0   .143      Inge 3b 3   2   1   1   .250   

DaMurphy rf-cf 4   1   2   0   .288      Santiago 2b-ss 3   3   0   2   .389   

Laird c 4   2   2   0   .261      Totals 36   19   14   18      

Duran lf-rf 3   0   0   0   .125                     

Totals 35   6   11   4                        

a-lined out for Young in the 7th. b-grounded out for Hamilton in the 7th. c-singled for Bradley in the 7th. E: Botts (2), CGuillen (2). LOB: Texas 6, Detroit 8. 2B: MiYoung (6), DaMurphy (10), IRodriguez (6), CGuillen (8). HR: MiCabrera (5), off JWright; JJones (1), off FFrancisco. RBIs: Kinsler 2 (10), MiYoung (7), Hamilton (21), Granderson 2 (2), IRodriguez 2 (11), CGuillen 5 (11), Ordonez 2 (10), MiCabrera 3 (18), JJones (4), Inge (13), Santiago 2 (6). SB: CGuillen (3). S: Kinsler, IRodriguez. SF: CGuillen, Ordonez. GIDP: Bradley 2. RLSP: Texas 2 (Hamilton, Duran); Detroit 4 (CGuillen 2, Ordonez, MiCabrera). RA: Duran, Santiago. DP: Detroit 2 (Rogers, Santiago and CGuillen), (Renteria, Santiago and CGuillen).

Texas walks (3): MiYoung, Hamilton, Duran.

Detroit walks (10): Granderson 2, IRodriguez, CGuillen, Ordonez, MiCabrera, Raburn, Inge 2, Santiago.

Texas strikeouts (6): Kinsler, Blalock, Botts 2, DaMurphy, Laird.

Detroit strikeouts (4): IRodriguez, CGuillen, JJones, Inge.

Texas IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Mendoza 12/3   5   5   2   1   1   57   9.31   

FFrancisco(L) 21/3   2   2   2   2   1   52   7.71   

JWright 11/3   3   5   5   2   0   38   4.38   

Littleton 2/3   4   6   6   1   0   31   8.64   

Benoit 1   0   1   1   4   1   35   7.56   

CWilson 1   0   0   0   0   1   10   2.00   

Detroit IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Rogers 31/3   9   6   6   3   0   73   7.66   

Rapada(W) 12/3   0   0   0   0   2   19   0.00   

ALopez(H) 3   2   0   0   0   3   41   0.52   

Grilli 1   0   0   0   0   1   13   3.86   

W: Rapada, 2-0. L: FFrancisco, 0-1. H: ALopez, 2.

IR-S: FFrancisco 1-0, Rapada 3-0. HBP: by Littleton (Santiago), by Littleton (JJones). WP: Rogers. Umpires: Home, Brian Knight; First, Hunter Wendelstedt; Second, Marvin Hudson; Third, Randy Marsh.

KISSIMMEE, Fla. - Jason Hammel allowed four hits in six innings and Evan Longoria drove in two runs with a bases-loaded single to help Tampa Bay rally against Roy Halladay and Toronto for a victory at Disney World.

The Rays improved to 5-0 in games they have played at the theme park and resort the last two seasons, in a series designed to bolster fan support in the Orlando area, about 90 miles east of the Rays' Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg.

Longoria's hit was the big blow in a four-run sixth against Halladay (2-3), who carried a 3-0 lead into the inning, thanks to a pair of homers by Matt Stairs.

Hammel (2-1) struck out two and walked four.

Toronto 010 002 000–3 6 0

Tampa Bay 000 004 01x–5 9 0

Toronto AB   R   H   BI   Avg.      Tampa Bay AB   R   H   BI   Avg.   

Eckstein ss 2   0   1   0   .263      Iwamura 2b 4   0   1   0   .220   

SStewart lf 3   0   0   0   .205      Crawford lf 4   2   2   1   .286   

AHill 2b 4   0   0   0   .294      Upton cf 2   1   0   1   .312   

VWells cf 4   1   2   0   .302      CPena 1b 4   0   1   0   .197   

Stairs rf 4   2   2   3   .333      Longoria 3b 4   0   1   2   .243   

Barajas 1b 4   0   0   0   .207      Hinske rf 3   0   1   1   .327   

Zaun c 3   0   0   0   .250      Haynes rf 0   0   0   0   .257   

Diaz dh 4   0   0   0   .000      Gomes dh 3   0   1   0   .283   

Inglett 3b 3   0   1   0   .323      Navarro c 3   1   1   0   .438   

Totals 31   3   6   3         Bartlett ss 3   1   1   0   .217   

                  Totals 30   5   9   5      

LOB: Toronto 6, Tampa Bay 3. 2B: Navarro (2). 3B: Crawford (1). HR: Stairs 2 (3), off Hammel 2. RBIs: Stairs 3 (6), Crawford (10), Upton (17), Longoria 2 (7), Hinske (11). SB: Inglett 2 (2). S: Eckstein. SF: Upton. GIDP: SStewart, Longoria, Navarro. RLSP: Toronto 3 (AHill, VWells 2); Tampa Bay 2 (CPena, Gomes). RA: SStewart, AHill, Crawford, Upton. DP: Toronto 2 (Inglett, AHill and Barajas), (Eckstein and Barajas); Tampa Bay 1 (Longoria, Iwamura and CPena).

Toronto walks (4): Eckstein, SStewart, Zaun, Inglett.

Tampa walks (1): Upton.

Toronto strikeouts (3): Eckstein, VWells, Diaz.

Tampa strikeouts (4): Iwamura, Upton, CPena 2.

Toronto IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Halladay(L) 8   9   5   5   1   4   107   3.73   

Tampa Bay IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Hammel(W) 6   4   3   3   4   2   93   4.32   

Wheeler(H) 2   2   0   0   0   0   23   1.50   

Percival(S) 1   0   0   0   0   1   21   0.00   

W: Hammel, 2-1. L: Halladay, 2-3. S: Percival, 3. H: Wheeler, 5.

Umpires: Home, Mike Everitt; First, Mike DiMuro; Second, Tim McClelland; Third, Larry Vanover.

T: 2:26. A: 8,989 (9,500).

BOSTON - Casey Kotchman's solo home run put Los Angeles ahead in the sixth and Gary Matthews Jr. hit two solo homers of his own as Los Angeles snapped Boston's six-game winning streak.

Kotchman hit his sixth of the season off Craig Hansen. Matthews hit solo shots in the first and fifth off emergency starter Jon Lester, giving him four homers for the season and 100 for his career.

Lester, starting on three days rest, pitched in place of Daisuke Matsuzaka, who was scratched with flulike symptoms.

Los Angeles 111 011 001–6 13 0

Boston 011 020 000–4 10 1

Los Angeles AB   R   H   BI   Avg.      Boston AB   R   H   BI   Avg.   

Figgins 3b 5   0   0   0   .341      Ellsbury cf 5   0   1   0   .298   

Matthews Jr. lf 4   2   2   2   .247      Pedroia 2b 4   1   1   1   .359   

Guerrero rf 5   2   2   0   .282      Ortiz dh 2   1   1   2   .188   

Hunter cf 5   0   4   1   .333      MRamirez lf 3   0   1   0   .341   

GAnderson dh 3   0   0   0   .236      JDrew rf 4   1   0   0   .284   

EAybar ss 4   0   1   1   .349      Casey 1b 4   0   2   0   .353   

Mathis c 4   1   1   0   .364      Lugo ss 3   0   2   1   .338   

Kotchman 1b 3   1   2   1   .329      Lowrie 3b 4   0   1   0   .350   

Izturis 2b 4   0   1   1   .186      Cash c 4   1   1   0   .231   

Totals 37   6   13   6         Totals 33   4   10   4      

E: Pedroia (1). LOB: Los Angeles 7, Boston 7. 2B: Hunter (7), Mathis (3), Izturis (2), Casey (6), Cash (2). HR: Kotchman (6), off Hansen; Ortiz (3), off Garland; Matthews Jr. 2 (4), off Lester 2. RBIs: Matthews Jr. 2 (15), Hunter (12), EAybar (5), Kotchman (14), Izturis (7), Pedroia (13), Ortiz 2 (18), Lugo (5). SB: Guerrero (1), Mathis (1). S: Lugo. SF: Pedroia. GIDP: Figgins, Hunter, JDrew, Lowrie. RLSP: Los Angeles 5 (Figgins, GAnderson, EAybar 2, Mathis); Boston 2 (JDrew, Cash). RA: Casey. DP: Los Angeles 2 (Izturis, EAybar and Kotchman), (Izturis, EAybar and Kotchman); Boston 2 (Lugo and Casey), (Lugo, Pedroia and Casey).

Los Angeles walks (3): Matthews, GAnderson, Kotchman.

Boston walks (3): Ortiz 2, MRamirez.

Los Angeles strikeouts (5): Figgins, Matthews, GAnderson, Mathis 2.

Boston strikeouts (2): Ellsbury, MRamirez.

Los Angeles IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Garland(W) 6   8   4   4   2   1   81   5.04   

JSpeier(H) 1   0   0   0   1   0   16   4.91   

SShields(H) 1   2   0   0   0   0   9   1.00   

FRodriguez(S) 1   0   0   0   0   1   10   4.82   

Boston IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Lester 5   9   4   4   2   1   80   5.40   

Hansen(L) 12/3   2   1   1   0   3   34   5.40   

JLopez 11/3   0   0   0   1   1   19   2.89   

Timlin 1   2   1   1   0   0   17   13.50   

W: Garland, 3-2. L: Hansen, 0-1. S: FRodriguez, 8. H: JSpeier, 5. H: SShields, 4.

IR-S: JLopez 2-0. Umpires: Home, Ed Montague; First, Jerry Layne; Second, Phil Cuzzi; Third, Jim Wolf.

T: 2:52. A: 38,172 (37,400).

CHICAGO - Mike Mussina pitched seven strong innings and moved ahead of Bob Gibson on baseball's career wins list as New York won again without Alex Rodriguez, beating Chicago.

The Yankees' Jorge Posada, behind the plate for the second straight game after a sore right arm kept him from starting for two weeks, had four hits, including a career-high three doubles, and drove in two runs.

While Rodriguez missed his second game because of a strained quadriceps and the birth of his second daughter, the Yankees won their third straight and Mussina earned his 252d victory.

New York 010 023 000–6 12 0

Chicago 000 010 120–4 6 1

New York AB   R   H   BI   Avg.      Chicago AB   R   H   BI   Avg.   

Damon lf 5   2   2   2   .253      Swisher cf 3   1   0   0   .231   

Jeter ss 5   0   1   1   .277      OCabrera ss 4   1   2   0   .263   

BAbreu rf 5   0   0   0   .293      Thome dh 4   0   2   1   .232   

HMatsui dh 4   1   1   0   .324      Konerko 1b 3   0   0   1   .185   

Posada c 5   0   4   2   .304      Dye rf 4   0   0   0   .315   

Cano 2b 4   1   0   0   .165      Pierzynski c 4   0   0   0   .323   

Giambi 1b 2   1   1   0   .135      Quentin lf 3   1   1   1   .246   

Ensberg 3b 5   0   1   0   .308      Crede 3b 4   1   1   1   .296   

MlCabrera cf 4   1   2   1   .292      Uribe 2b 2   0   0   0   .167   

Totals 39   6   12   6         a-AlRmrz ph-2b 1   0   0   0   .143   

                  Totals 32   4   6   4      

a-grounded out for Uribe in the 8th. E: OCabrera (1). LOB: New York 11, Chicago 4. 2B: Damon (6), Posada 3 (6), MlCabrera (2). HR: Quentin (5), off Mussina; Crede (6), off Mussina. RBIs: Damon 2 (12), Jeter (12), Posada 2 (8), MlCabrera (8), Thome (17), Konerko (15), Quentin (16), Crede (20). SB: Giambi (1). SF: Konerko. GIDP: Posada. RLSP: New York 7 (Damon 2, Cano 2, Ensberg 2, MlCabrera). RA: Cano. DP: Chicago 1 (OCabrera and Konerko).

New York walks (5): HMatsui, Cano, Giambi 3.

Chicago walks (2): Swisher, Quentin.

New York strikeouts (8): Damon, BAbreu 2, HMatsui, Cano, Ensberg 2, MlCabrera.

Chicago strikeouts (3): Swisher, OCabrera, Uribe.

New York IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Mussina (W) 7   4   2   2   1   3   101   4.94   

Hawkins 1/3   1   2   2   1   0   12   11.17   

Traber 0   1   0   0   0   0   1   3.86   

MRivera (S) 12/3   0   0   0   0   0   17   0.00   

Chicago IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

JVazquez (L) 51/3   10   6   6   3   3   104   4.40   

Logan 2/3   0   0   0   0   1   7   3.68   

Masset 2   1   0   0   1   3   35   3.75   

Jenks 1   1   0   0   1   1   22   2.00   

W: Mussina, 2-3. L: JVazquez, 3-2. S: MRivera, 6.

Traber pitched to 1 batter in the 8th. IR-S: Traber 2-1, MRivera 2-1, Logan 1-0. IBB: off Jenks (Giambi) 1, off Masset (Giambi) 1. Umpires: Home, Bill Miller; First, Paul Emmel; Second, Gary Darling; Third, Jerry Meals.

T: 3:06. A: 27,751 (40,615).

OAKLAND, Calif. - Mike Sweeney ended a 39-game homerless streak with a solo shot in the eighth inning, added an RBI single, and scored Oakland's first run in a win over Minnesota.

Oakland's Chad Gaudin (2-1) retired 18 of 19 during one stretch on the way to his second straight victory.

Minnesota 000 000 000–0 6 0

Oakland 011 000 01x–3 5 2

Minnesota AB   R   H   BI   Avg.      Oakland AB   R   H   BI   Avg.   

Span cf 3   0   1   0   .233      KSuzuki c 3   0   0   0   .306   

a-BHarris ph-2b 1   0   0   0   .292      DBarton 1b 3   1   0   0   .265   

Tolbert 2b-ss 4   0   0   0   .359      Ellis 2b 4   0   1   0   .239   

Mauer c 4   0   1   0   .286      MSweeney dh 3   2   2   2   .309   

Morneau 1b 4   0   1   0   .267      Cust lf 2   0   1   0   .161   

DYoung lf 4   0   1   0   .250      1-Denorfia pr-lf 1   0   0   0   .289   

Kubel rf 4   0   2   0   .278      EBrown rf 3   0   0   1   .278   

Monroe dh 3   0   0   0   .273      Crosby ss 3   0   0   0   .299   

Lamb 3b 3   0   0   0   .177      RSweeney cf 3   0   0   0   .275   

Punto ss-cf 3   0   0   0   .259      DoMurphy 3b 3   0   1   0   .188   

Totals 33   0   6   0         Hannahan 3b 0   0   0   0   .185   

                  Totals 28   3   5   3      

a-struck out for Span in the 8th.1-ran for Cust in the 6th. E: EBrown (2), Crosby (4). LOB: Minnesota 6, Oakland 6. 2B: Mauer (5). HR: MSweeney (1), off Guerrier. RBIs: MSweeney 2 (5), EBrown (17). SB: Denorfia (1). SF: EBrown. GIDP: Tolbert. RLSP: Minnesota 4 (Morneau, Kubel, Monroe 2); Oakland 4 (DBarton, Cust, Crosby, RSweeney). RA: KSuzuki. DP: Oakland 1 (Ellis, Crosby and DBarton).

Oakland walks (4): KSuzuki, DBarton, MSweeney, Cust.

Minnesota strikeouts (8): BHarris, Tolbert, Morneau, DYoung, Monroe 2, Punto 2.

Oakland strikeouts (3): Ellis, Crosby, DoMurphy.

Minnesota IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Bonser(L) 6   3   2   2   4   2   100   4.34   

Guerrier 2   2   1   1   0   1   23   5.11   

Oakland IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Gaudin(W) 7   4   0   0   0   4   84   3.38   

Embree(H) 1   0   0   0   0   2   11   4.22   

Street(S) 1   2   0   0   0   2   19   5.23   

W: Gaudin, 2-1. L: Bonser, 1-4. S: Street, 6. H: Embree, 3.

WP: Bonser. Umpires: Home, Chuck Meriwether; First, Bill Welke; Second, Chris Guccione; Third, Tim Welke.

T: 2:18. A: 15,242 (35,067).